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Dismissing chief minister Mamata Banerjee's allegations that he humiliated and insulted her, West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi today said the charges are baseless and meant only to emotionally blackmail the people of the state.

Union home minister Rajnath Singh today spoke to West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi and chief minister Mamata Banerjee following the public spat between the two over communal clashes in North 24 Parganas district.

The CPM today accused the TMC government in West Bengal of failing to give protection to the people at Baduria, where communal clashes broke out earlier this week, and demanded that an all-party meeting be convened to deal with the situation.

China today accused India of "misleading the public" by saying that Chinese troops are building a road close to the Chicken's Neck in the Sikkim sector which could endanger India's access to the North-Eastern (N-E) states.

India and Israel today signed seven agreements to increase cooperation in key sectors like space, agriculture and water conservation after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held in-depth talks with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu.

Saumen Roy Chaudhury did not sleep the whole night yesterday. Nor did Fayaj Khan, Imran Khan or Aritro Banerjee. The men, all residents of Khanpara village of Basirhat, of North 24 Parganas district, which had been ravaged by a communal riot for the last two days, kept a night vigil yesterday to guard the 120-year old mosque of the village.

The Supreme Court today directed various states to file their replies on a plea of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking direction for mandatorily giving information about any encounter killings in their respective jurisdiction for purposes of enquiry.

Moshe Holtzberg, the Israeli child who as a toddler survived the 2008 terror attack at a Jewish centre in Mumbai, is "excited and emotional" ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jerusalem today, his grandfather says.

GJM supporters hurled petrol bombs at a Trinamool Congress (TMC) party office in Kalimpong as the indefinite shutdown sponsored by the outfit continued today. Though no one was injured, a shop on the ground floor was completely damaged, police said.

The Aam Aadmi Party today came out in support of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, saying the governor's role was part of the BJP's larger design to "destabilise" governments in non-BJP states.

Details of the dossiers handed by India to Pakistan in 2010 cannot be disclosed as they may "prejudicially" affect relations between the two countries, the Central Information Commission has ruled on a plea by a 2006 Mumbai train bombings convict.

The Supreme Court today asked the Centre as to why no enabling law as mandated under the Constitution has been made for the appointment of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners in the poll panel.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today dubbed Narendra Modi as a "weak PM" for not raising the issue of H-1B visa in his talks with US President Donald Trump and for playing down the use of the term "Indian- administered Kashmir" by the US.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today expressed hope that the contentious SYL issue would be resolved through dialogue and said the Union Home Minister has assured him that the Centre was pursuing the matter.

A farmer's outfit in Madhya Pradesh plans to take out a rally to New Delhi from Mandsaur, where five peasants were killed in police firing a month ago, to take forward the demand for remunerative prices for produce and waiver of farm loans.

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition challenging a notification passed by the Uttar Pradesh government two years ago whereby 80 villages of Gautam Buddh Nagar district had been included in the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Area.

Meira Kumar, Opposition's nominee for the presidential election, has no plans to meet Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar during her tour of the state on July 6, state Congress chief Ashok Choudhary today said.